As soon as they entered the store, the two saw that there were many people in the rivers and lakes in the lobby, and they searched for a long time, but they couldn't find a free seat, so Qin Zhihong led Lian'er to the counter in a hurry and asked the store owner:

"Shopkeeper, why is your business so good today, and are there any rooms?"

The owner of the shop, a local, said in a local accent: "Yes, these people just eat in the lobby and don't stay in the restaurant, and the guest rooms do." ”

The two of them were puzzled, but they were really tired enough after two days of traveling, and they didn't care about it, so they ordered a guest room on the second floor, asked for some food, and followed the shopkeeper upstairs.

After entering the guest room, the two of them packed up their belongings, and soon the shopkeeper brought the meal again, Qin Zhihong took the meal, but he was not in a hurry to eat, but called out to the second child.

The shopkeeper thought that there was something else to order, so he turned around and stopped, and Qin Zhihong asked him, "Shopkeeper, has your business here been so good?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "What's the matter, it's just a good business for a while." ”、

Qin Zhihong was puzzled and asked, "Why is that?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "You don't know this? ”

Qin Zhihong was puzzled, and listened to Xiao Er continue: "Then you should have heard about the Lihuatun Bao Temple, that is, last year, one of our temples here was changed into a church by foreigners and the government, and then the people resisted together, and then the government finally agreed not to change the church." ”

Lian'er wanted to interject, because she knew that it was her uncle Zhao Sanduo who led the disciples to do it, and she was about to talk about it, Qin Zhihong hurriedly grabbed Lian'er and said, "We have heard a little about this, can you tell us some carefully?" ”

The shopkeeper was obviously a talkative person, he pursed his lips and said, "Seeing that you are also from outside, I will tell you." Then he said:

"Actually, our place is called Liyuantun. I believe that you also know that there is a temple in the west of this tunzi, called the Jade Emperor Temple, the location is good, on the hill in the west, we all go here to burn incense and pray for blessings on weekdays, and it is needless to say that there is no need to say that the festival is every year. However, there is also a church in the north of our place, which was built here by foreigners a few years ago, but there are not many people who believe in it, except for a few rich people who can donate some money and food, few people believe in this foreign religion. So the foreigners thought that it was this Jade Emperor Temple that made our villagers not believe in their foreign gods, so these foreigners colluded with the government to demolish the temple and build it into a church. Think about it, we have all worshiped the Jade Emperor all our lives, who can stand this yellow-haired and white-faced Jade Emperor at first glance. So we begged for our lives everywhere, begged the governor of the county, begged the governor for the governor, but none of the government supported us grass people, so we all called the heavens and the earth to be ineffective. ”

Qin Zhihong and Lian'er had been listening attentively, and they had forgotten the fragrance of the food, but the shopkeeper became more and more attentive the more he talked, and continued:

"Later, a big hero came, named Zhao Sanduo, a person from Hebei, as for the specific person, I don't know, I only know that he is strong in martial arts and has many disciples. He heard that our foreign religion oppressed the people, so he led his disciples to come, and then contacted the heroes from all over the country, and naturally they also responded, and there were two or three thousand people for a while, and set up a martial arts altar to warn the foreigners. However, the foreigners in the church north of our tunzi were not happy, and led a few fake foreign devils to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and also beat the villagers who stopped the demolition of the temple in our tunzi, so the old man Zhao Sanduo immediately sent people to attack the foreigner's church, and that time he eliminated the two bullies who believed in foreign religions. At this time, the foreign religion did not dare to provoke anymore, and the government also saw that we were outnumbered, so they agreed not to demolish the temple and change the church. ”

Qin Zhihong smiled and said, "Isn't this good?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "This is not the end of the ......"

Lian'er opened Qin Zhihong's hand and said, "Why isn't this over?" What happened later? ”

The shopkeeper said: "Well, this non-foreigner forced the government to demolish the temple again, so we asked Old Man Zhao to go out of the mountain again to give justice to our abbot, and these people in the lobby were the heroes we invited from all over the world to come to cheer." ”

Lian'er hurriedly ran out of the door, and carefully observed the people in the entire hall from the corridor, although she was a practitioner, but from the dress and body behavior of everyone in the hall, she really couldn't tell the number of their martial arts masters.

At this time, the shopkeeper called the shopkeeper, and the second went out in response, and Lian'er returned to the house and said, "Zhihong, do you say that there are people from our plum blossom gate outside the house?" ”

Qin Zhihong smiled: "How do I know this, I don't know them." ”

Lian'er said mysteriously: "Then you can do me a favor." ”

"What's the busy?" Qin Zhihong had already set up the meal and started to move his chopsticks.

Lian'er hurriedly snatched the chopsticks from Qin Zhihong's hand and said, "Don't eat it yet, I want you to help me write a few words." ”

Qin Zhihong saw that Lian'er wouldn't let him eat it, and asked, "What words do you write?" ”

Lian'er put her ear close to Qin Zhihong and said, "Just write 'a plum blossom smile'." ”

Qin Zhihong didn't know why, so he took out the four treasures of the study, which he used to practice medicine and write prescriptions. Lian'er took the initiative to help him polish his ink, and Qin Zhihong did it overnight, and handed it to Lian'er after writing.

So Lian'er put these words on the door of her guest room, closed the door and came back.

Qin Zhihong was puzzled and said: "People use red to post couplets, and they are also on the left and right, what kind of name are you?" ”

Lian'er smiled: "Eat, you'll know later." So the two of them began to eat, and after eating, they called the shopkeeper to come over and clean up.

But as soon as the shopkeeper left, Qin Zhihong suddenly said excitedly: "I know!" ”

Lian'er was suddenly surprised and said, "You actually know?" ”

"Of course." Qin Zhihong said quietly: "I didn't expect you to use this method......"

Lian'er asked puzzledly, "What means?" ”

Qin Zhihong smiled and said, "I said you are not allowed to beat me." ”

Lian'er was anxious to know how Qin Zhihong could see the code of their plum blossom gate, so she asked, "Then you should tell me." ”

Qin Zhihong smiled and said: "I know this, in the ancient court, the emperor's concubines were in groups, and they really didn't know which concubine to spend the night there, so they had to accept the concubine's brand, if it was a green card, then it meant that the concubine was fine tonight, and if it was a red card, it meant that the concubine was not in good health recently, and it would take some time to be pampered." Later, this method, brothels also used it, our ancestors were Jiangnan people, there are groups of brothels, many of them are official kilns, and there are also individuals who do it themselves, if they can pick up customers, they will show the sign on the door, if not, turn the sign over, and some also use the color of the lantern to inform the prostitutes, anyway, the method is similar, but you use poetry to express, I don't know where the customs are, and I also want to know, how do you know this method? Could it be ......"

Of course, Qin Zhihong knew that Lian'er would not be that kind of person, but he didn't know what she wanted to do with this method, but he was sure that he definitely knew this method.

And when Lian'er heard Qin Zhihong's shameless words, and saw Qin Zhihong's evil smile, she was angry, slapped him on the forehead, and said fiercely:

"Who told you to talk such nonsense here! See how I clean you up! ”

But before Lian'er could beat Qin Zhihong again, a person knocked on the door and a man's voice said:

"'Ten thousand snowflakes', I don't know if you can enter it?"

Lian'er hurriedly withdrew her hand, got up and went to open the door, but Qin Zhihong was inexplicable, he felt that his guess was absolutely right, it must be that Lian'er herself felt that the secret was discovered and annoyed, but she refused to admit it before she started to beat herself, so she grabbed Bai Dao:

"I said that I was not allowed to hit people, but I still did it......"

Lian'er didn't pay attention to his nonsense, opened the door to let people into the house, and took down the code she had posted. The man who came in was also a middle-aged man in his thirties, and Lian'er and the man each gave a salute, and the man said first:

"Wang Qingyi, the third-generation descendant of the Plum Blossom Gate, is the head of the Plum Blossom Gate today, and the old man's name is looking for three more, I don't know what to call the younger sister?"

Lian'er said with a smile: "Below is the eighth disciple of Jiang Yixian's sect, Jiang Lian'er." ”

The man smiled and said, "It turns out that my junior sister is under the door of my uncle, and I am fortunate to be there, but I don't know what is the matter with the secret code here?" ”

Qin Zhihong now knew that this was the secret code for their mutual contact within the Plum Blossom Gate, and he couldn't help but be extremely ashamed of what he had just said. Lian'er and the person named Wang Qingyi didn't notice it, and Lian'er continued:

"I can't hide it, under the order of my brother, I came to find Uncle Zhao, passing through here, I heard that he was also here, but I really don't know where his old man is now, and we heard that now all the heroes from all over the country are coming to help Liyuantun, for fear of asking around, arousing suspicion, if the eyes and ears of the foreigners or the government know it, it will be more troublesome, so I posted the secret code of this door, hoping to find the disciple of Uncle and his old man, sure enough, the sky has eyes, it just so happens that you are also here, so I got in touch."

Wang Qingyi smiled and said: "Senior sister is really thoughtful, Uncle Shi is in the tunzi, you might as well take the two of you to go at this moment." ”

When Lian'er heard that her uncle Zhao Sanduo was here, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Then thank you senior brother." ”

As soon as Qin Zhihong heard that it was so simple to find the person he was looking for, he couldn't help but admire their superb Plum Blossom Gate methods, but at this time, Lian'er also glanced at Qin Zhihong, both complaining about what happened just now, and a little smug look, and Qin Zhihong naturally lost the face of the boss this time, so he had to be silent, pack up his things and go out with him.

Coming downstairs, Qin Zhihong was just about to go to settle the bill, Wang Qingyi said to the shopkeeper: "This is our friend in charge, I have something important to report here......

Before Wang Qing could finish speaking, the shopkeeper immediately forced the silver that he had already held in his hand to Qin Zhihong, and said: "That is the case, what money do I still charge, isn't this my birthday for the old man!" ”

Lian'er glanced at Qin Zhihong again, meaning to say: See, this is the prestige of our Plum Blossom Gate, is it the dirty things you are thinking about.

Qin Zhihong had no choice but to get this white eye again.

So the three of them entered the tunzi, and after a few turns, they arrived at a house, and Wang Qingyi said, "This is it." ”

So Wang Qingyi took Qin Zhihong and Lian'er into the gate, and when he arrived at the top of the hall, he saw a man in his fifties, but in good spirits, sitting on the Taishi chair on his right hand, and three people sitting on both sides, all of whom had never been seen before. Wang Qingyi saluted and said:

"Master, the apprentice met the younger brothers and sisters under Uncle Jiang today, so I brought it back to you, and they said that they came to find the master of you." After speaking, Wang Qingyi stepped aside.

As soon as Zhao Sanduo heard that it was a disciple of his senior brother, he immediately got up, and Lian'er also hurriedly saluted: "Disciple Jiang Lian'er, I've seen my uncle!" Then she hurriedly motioned to Qin Zhihong to give a salute as well.

Qin Zhihong didn't know how to salute, so he hurriedly said, "I've seen Zhao seniors below." ”

Zhao Sanduo hurriedly helped Lian'er up and said, "You are also surnamed Jiang, are you the descendant of your senior brother?" ”

Lian'er hurriedly replied: "I am the master's daughter, just because I have no father and no mother, I followed the master and was surnamed Jiang." ”

Zhao Sanduo nodded and said, "Okay, I didn't see the last time my senior brother, and now it's a pleasure to see his righteous daughter!" So he asked Qin Zhihong again: "This young man is not a disciple of my Plum Blossom Sect, I don't know what to call him." ”

Lian'er hurriedly smiled and said, "Senior uncle, he is your senior nephew, my senior brother Zhu Fengming's cousin, called Qin Zhihong." Saying that, Lian'er took out the letter that Zhu Honglan handed over to her uncle, handed it to Zhao Sanduo and said:

"This is a handwritten letter from Senior Brother that I asked me to hand over to your old man."

Zhao Sanduo took the letter, opened it and read it for a while, and after reading it, he said: "It turned out that I was asked to accept this young man as an apprentice, but my nephew Fengming's kung fu has been perfected, why didn't he teach him personally?" ”

Lian'er hurriedly said: "Senior brother said that he recently led heroes from all walks of life to eradicate foreign religions, and he really didn't have time to accept more disciples, but senior brother didn't know that you were also asking for the people's life, so I wrote this letter and asked me to pass it on to you." ”

Zhao Sanduo actually doesn't have time to accept apprentices, and now each martial arts field is its own disciples recruiting disciples, teaching kung fu, and teaching martial arts in the name of "Yihe Fist", which is also afraid of such an anti-foreign church crisis to do this. And Zhao Sanduo is already fifty-six, and he doesn't want to accept any more disciples, but Zhu Honglan carefully said in the letter that he attacked the Xujialou church, and how he, the cousin, infiltrated the other party to spy on the news, and finally relied on his strategy to easily break through several strongholds in Xujialou, which was not opened by a husband and a man, Zhao Sanduo couldn't help but appreciate this young man a lot, and he couldn't help but look at Qin Zhihong a few times when he read the letter, and he had a letter of recommendation from his nephew Zhu Fengming, how could he refuse?

Lian'er saw this uncle many times when she was young, but because she hadn't seen her for many years, and the child had changed the most, Zhao Sanduo didn't recognize it. And Lian'er knew his temperament, and when she saw Uncle Dao's eyes like this, she couldn't help but be happy in her heart, thinking that Zhihong seemed to have been favored by Uncle Dao this time.

Zhao Sanduo read the letter three times in a row, then raised his head and said to Qin Zhihong: "Boy, would you like to be my apprentice?" ”

When Qin Zhihong heard this, he saw the different eyes of several people around him, and obviously felt that this kid was very lucky, why was he included in the famous head of the Plum Blossom Sect as soon as they met? So Qin Zhihong did not delay, immediately knelt on the ground, and said excitedly:

"The master is above, the apprentice Qin Zhihong has kowtowed to you."